Spell Checking my form fields

[Guest]

Hi,
I am using Word X for Mac Service Release 1 and have set up a form for
others to fill out. For some reason I can not check spelling or do a "find and
replace" within the form fields. Any idea how to remedy this situation?
Thanks

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi,
I am using Word X for Mac Service Release 1 and have set up a form for
others to fill out. For some reason I can not check spelling or do a "find
and
replace" within the form fields. Any idea how to remedy this situation?
Thanks

I assume you have the document protected for forms? Protecting it for forms
disables the spellcheck, I believe.

There is a workaround for WinWord detailed at this article:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm
(hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)
I don't know whether it works for MacWord, although it seems to work for
Word 97, which uses VBA 5 as does MacWord. So it might work.

I am not familiar with forms, in Mac or WinWord, so hopefully someone else
who has already solved this problem will come along with a less speculative
answer. If you do try it, letting the ng know how it worked would be really
helpful.